Average years of schooling among adults in Bahrain
Bahrain: Average years of schooling among adults was 11.13 years in 2023. ▲ Rising
Average years of schooling among adults in Bahrain, 1990–2023
Source: UNDP, Human Development Report (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in years.
Analysis
Bahrain recorded 11.13 years for average years of schooling among adults in 2023.
That represents a change of down 0.2% on the previous year and up 28.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, average years of schooling among adults in Bahrain peaked at 11.15 years in 2022 and was at its lowest, 5.11 years, in 1990.
Bahrain ranks 66th of 192 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 34 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 6.42 years | 5.11 years | 7.75 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 8.19 years | 8.04 years | 8.34 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 9.16 years | 8.03 years | 10.75 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 11.09 years | 11 years | 11.15 years | 4 |
Countries ranked near Bahrain
- 63 Turkmenistan 11.21 years compare
- 64 Seychelles 11.2 years compare
- 65 Argentina 11.18 years compare
- 67 Ukraine 11.12 years compare
- 68 Malaysia 11.09 years compare
- 69 Azerbaijan 11.07 years compare
More education data for Bahrain
- Duration of pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 77.6% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 18.4% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 96.9% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 9,404 (2024)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 1.8 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 97.4% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is average years of schooling among adults in Bahrain?
- Average years of schooling among adults in Bahrain was 11.13 years in 2023, according to UNDP, Human Development Report (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest average years of schooling among adults recorded in Bahrain?
- The highest recorded value was 11.15 years in 2022.
- What is the lowest average years of schooling among adults recorded in Bahrain?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.11 years in 1990.
- How does Bahrain rank for average years of schooling among adults?
- Bahrain ranks 66th out of 192 countries with data for 2023.
- Is average years of schooling among adults rising or falling in Bahrain?
- Over the last ten years it is up 28.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Bahrain data come from?
- The figures come from UNDP, Human Development Report (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Average years of schooling among adults. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Average number of years (excluding years spent repeating individual grades) adults over 25 years participated in formal education.